Hinge



nurse WILLIAM C. BAXTER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR- TO ED'WARD 1V1. TRIIVIBLE,

DOING BUSINESS AS THE E. lift. TRIMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ROCH- ESTER, NEW YonK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. January 22, 1321 Serial No. 439,266.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. BAXTEIL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to hinges and more particularly to the type adapted to detachably secure a cover or closure to a receptacle. An object of this invention be ing to provide a hinge which. is mounted upon the cover or closure and is adapted to detachably engage with the receptacle to eflectively secure the cover or closure in place on the receptacle while at the same time permitting the ready removal of such cover or closure.

To this and other ends the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of'a childs coop or crib equipped with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an outside view of the hinge showing the position of the hinge members when the cover is closed; and

Fig. 5 is an inside view of the hinge showing the position of the hinge members when the cover is in an open position.

Referring more.particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the receptacle which. in this instance is in the form of a childs crib or coop and has its side members in the form of rectangular frames 2 covered by a fabric 3. A cover or closure 4 is arranged to cover the top of the receptacle so as to enclose the child within the crib or coop. It is desirable that this cover shall be hinged and also removable, and to this end, there is provided a hinge comprising a member 5 preferably secured by screws 8 to the top surface of the cover and hinged at 7 to a member 8 which is secured on the outer face of the upper strip of the rectangular frame 2, the hinge or pintle 7 being preferably arranged in spaced relation to the upper surface of said strip, in this instance, the member 8 is formed from sheet metal and has a lower portion turned in wardly at 9 under the under side of the upper strip of the frame 2. On this inwardly turned portion or projection 9 a clamping device 10, preferably in the form of a screw, is adjustably mounted so as to engage with the under surface of the upper strip of the rectangular frame 2. The member 8 also carries a laterally extending portion 11 for engaging the upper surface of the upper strip of the rectangular frame 2, said laterally turned portion 11 having a downwardly turned portion 12 for cooperating with the inner face of the upper strip as illustrated in Fig. 3. In this instance the laterally turned portion 11 is in the form of a tongue out from the metal forming the member 8 and lies in spaced relation to the pintle 7 so that the cover or closure l may. when in closed position, rest upon the upper surface of the projection 11. Vith the end in view of strengthening the member 8, the latter may be pr0 vided with ribs or corrugations 13 which lie on opposite sides of the projection 11 and extend from points above said projections downwardly and onto the portion 9.

It will be apparent that with a cover mounted as herein set forth, it is possible to open the cover and swing the same to a position parallel with the side wall 2 to which said cover is hinged as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Furthermore, the cover may be readily removed by detaching the hinge from the receptacle body. The hinge has a novel means of connecting with the receptacle body which makes it possi ble to connect or disconnect the same, by the mere operation of one adjusting de vice. The hinge is of durable construction and is inexpensive to manufacture.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A hinge comprising a member provided with two spaced portions projected from one face thereof one of said portions 6X- Patented July lit, 1922.

tending from one end of the member and the other extending from a point in spaced relation to both ends, a second member pivotally connected to the first named mem- 5 her at the end opposite from Which the first mentioned portion projects and adapted When in one extreme position to lie at right angles to the member and in spaced rela' tion to the last mentioned portion, and when in another position to lie parallel with the 10 first mentioned member, and a clamping device arranged on the portion at the end of the first mentioned member.

WILLIAM C. BAXTER. 

